I know at the beginning of each recruiting session it's basically a free-for-all, try to turn guys green. There are typically battles, some that are finished quickly, or recruits that end up yellow battling all the way to signing day.

My question is, what do people think about a recruit that has been green the entire time for a user team, and during the 3 hour period before signing day, another user team swoops in and creates a new battle by turning the recruit yellow or stealing the recruit completely?

I know if this was our favorite NCAA team we would likely enjoy the recruiting twists and turns, but in the spirit of the game here, do people have a problem with it? Just wondering how other view this.

Yeah, if I am going to be dealing with someone a long time in multiple battles over the years even more so.

The problem is that since you can't carry over recruiting money, sometimes it is worth trying to upgrade. I usually try to do this against SIM players that are still out there, personally.

All that said, the biggest thing is that it is a horrible long term plan for your team. You lose as many of those as you win a the last minute, and you are taking on walk ons and such if you do it too often.

Nothing is more frustrating but every recruit is fair game until he signs. Look at real life recruiting. Theirs recruits changing their minds at the last second all the time. Im sure in real life once a guy says hes committed to a school no other school ever contacts him again lol.

I feel like its a lot worse in Hoops. With the prestige ratings it seems like there is a lot more poaching. Maybe I have been lucky but I don't see a lot of team move on a player that is already green for my team. While it happens all the time in Hoops.

You can research my comments on this topic in the past.....it sucks for the one on the receiving end...but its perfectly fine. You have to keep in mind that, for various reasons, some folks cannot get to recruiting when it starts..so they are playing "catchup" when they do get to it. Its a risk on their part, but there is nothing wrong with it. Its not unethical, and its within the rules, so its completely fine.

Just because someone gets pisssssed off because of an action, does not mean that action was wrong/unethical.